Here's a video of Jason Kenney talking about his proposed "Fight Back" strategy on the pipeline fight. The UCP have been criticized pretty fairly here about not having a platform yet, this is the first real articulation of policy on what I think should be without a doubt the most important election question, who will get us a pipeline quicker and defend the O&G industry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxH8Sz2vSGQ&t
Main points include:
-Well resourced war room to respond to lies about Alberta's Oil Sands industry on Social Media or otherwise
-Litigation fund to support pro-development groups (particularly FN Groups like Eagle Spirit)
-Address flagrant violation of Canada's charity laws by environmental groups, David Suzuki group and the like
-Expects major O&G companies to replicate litigation strategies that American forestry companies have taken against GreenPeace and others.
-If HSBC and others want to boycott Oil Sands players then the Gov of Alberta will likewise boycott them
-Real consequences for partners in the confederation who flagrantly violate interprovincial trade (Looking at you Horgan, you mother####er)
-Wants to identify greatest points of leverage, which is mostly equalization formula, wants to initiate a referendum on that if the Feds won't guarantee a coastal export pipeline.
I've been really impressed with Notley lately and I think she's a very capable politician but this video swings me pretty hard toward voting UCP. We've tried the play nice approach and it didn't work, it's time to get aggressive and show we're not going to back down until we get the coastal export pipeline we need.